Movie Moan - Dan Aykroyd & Vodka Together At Last
Sun, November 8, 2009 
Certainly one of the stranger mix of film-news this week on Movie Moan. Phil, Ed and Jamie start off this podcast chatting up the Yogi Bear movie - as written and directed by Jamie Williams. Alec Baldwin and Rip Torn are in a race against time to stop a serial-killing, picnic-basket stealing bear before it's too late. Don't judge them! You know what you want to see that movie - admit it.
Against the legal council of Ed and Jamie, Phil went to see A Christmas Carol this weekend and proclaims it "Worst Zemeckis Movie Ever!" What can they say? Phil was warned before hand. They also discuss Steve Martin and the afore-mentioned Alec Baldwin hosting the Academy Awards next year, the Peter Berg-directed Battleship film featuring aliens (!?!) at the villains and kick-ass posters for Clash of the Titans being leaked (and quickly yanked!)
All of that plus the "Avatar vs. Sherlock Holmes" battle rages on, reactions to Holmes and Prince of Persia trailers and Jamie gets into a rant about The Dark Knight's pre-release hype. And of course, what would be a better way to close out Movie Moan than talking about Dan Aykroyd whoring Vodka.
Reader Comments (1)
Phil so the 3D in Christmas Carol was blurry? bravo Zemeckis bravo.
you want to know a secret? you can turn up and turn down the 3D if you want. you didnt think about that Zemeckis? you f.... i....
its called stereospace. you have 100% control how much 3D you want. lets say that you can have 3D from 1 - 10. 10 is 100% 3D and 0 is 0% of 3D stereospace. so what do you do? when you have a dialoge scene with almost no movement you can use 100% of 3D. maybe if something moves in the background you use 70% of 3D. what do you do when you have some fast and long movement? you turn down the 3D to 25%. what does this mean? it means that people's eyes wont hurt and the blurry effect will be gone.
a quote from James Cameron about 3D
'' The point here is that just because you're making a stereo movie doesn't mean that stereo is the most important thing in every shot or sequence. If you choose to do rapid cutting, then the motion of the subject from shot to shot to shot is more important than the perception of stereospace at that moment in the film. So sacrifice the stereospace''
'' The real issue here is that when you're shooting action photographically (as opposed to CG animation) you can't predict at the moment of shooting exactly how you're going to cut, so it pays to be conservative on the stereospace.''
you see? i am f... reading about 3D for some 6 months now and i know more how to use 3D then Zemeckis who is using 3D for 5 years now. 3 movies in 3D and he still doesnt get it? i mean just what the f.... is this guy thinking? is someone forcing him to use it? Zemeckis should have done more research on 3D.
the problem is that hes movies are not promoting 3D in a good way. but in a negative. i dont know how will the 3D look in Avatar. but from Camerons interviews he made it clear that 3D is used as a whole experience but never to dominate the screen. so he turned the 3D down to not confuse people and so that he eyes wont hurt.
when you use live action photography your 3D is baked in. this mean that 6 months later you can not change the 3D. you can not turn it up and down.i am not angry for the Coraline director because it was live action and the guy didnt have enough practice. when you are using CGI you can change it because it all in the computer. newsflash, Zemeckis 3D movies are 100% CGI movies. you know what this means ? that he can test every shot in 3D and he change if it works. and then he and the CGI company can cahnge the stereospace. and what does he do? he rushes the movie out in the theater. and now?
its like saying CGI always sucks.....look at GI joe and Van Helsing. its like saying motion capturing sucks look at Polar Express,Beowulf . no. you say CGI works .....look at T2,transformers,LOTR,spiderman. you say motion capturing works .....look at Gollum and look at King Kong. Zemeckis movies are bad examples when it comes to motion capturing and 3D.
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
ok that was funny.